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| A Word From the Editors. IHS Press was launched in September of 2001 to bring back into print the classics of last century on the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church. IHS Press titles are sure to appeal to the Catholic reader who wants to know more about the wealth of information buried in the Church's Social Doctrine. And our titles will no doubt be a welcome and refreshing change for any socially-conscious reader who, in a search for a humane solution to modern social problems, is looking for a break from worn-out theories. |
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About our currently advertised new releases.
Many of our loyal customers (thank you) have called recently to inquire after our newly advertised titles, wondering why they are nowhere to be found at our antiquated website. As we are, as usual, facing a number of (happily not very serious) production delays with both our two new releases and our revision to our website, updating this old site has fallen to number 74 on our 1200-item "to do" list. A word of explanation and a "status report" is in order.
To take the second point first:
Sadly, aside from our recent new releases, numerous of other relatively new titles are not featured on this legacy website. The detailed reasons behind this are as unpersuasive as they are inexcusable. That said, our new site, which you can get an "under-construction" preview of here and here, will, God willing, and barring the never unlikely scheduling disaster, be ready to roll sometime around Christmas. It will include a number of nice features, including the option to get electronic versions of most of our titles, for viewing on an on-screen reader such as Adobe Acrobat. This is for you Distributists trying to kick the habit of driving and learning to ride the train or bus to work, and who need something more interesting to look at than work e-mail on your "palm pilot" or "PDA" while you ride.
That said, from this inadequate little box, you can order copies of our most recently advertised books, and, once again, please accept our apologies that these are not featured as they should be, with a full suite of images and information. It's coming SOON, we promise! Meanwhile:
BEYOND Capitalism & Socialism - $19.95, hardback, 240pp (shipping early January) - buy now
Dr. John Senior's titles (shipping early January) - see below
CURRENTLY shipping:
The Party System - $12.95, C. Chesterton & Belloc, 160pp, intro. by Ron Paul - buy now
The Church at the Turning Points of History -
$12.95, Godfrey Kurth, 160pp, intro. by Dr. Patrick Foley - buy now
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John Senior's timely and timeless classics available again.
Thanks to the efforts of Andrew Senior - the curator of John Senior's works, and his son - and the generosity of Dr. David White who has contributed new introductions to these hard-hitting frontal assaults on the anti-culture of modernity, IHS Press has the pleasure of presenting to new generations John Senior's two most well-known works of cultural, social, and historical criticism in the best Christian humanist tradition: The Death of Christian Culture and The Restoration of Christian Culture
Though publication is not scheduled until mid-October, we are now accepting advance orders for copies of one or both of these critically important paperbacks. By ordering now, months before the publication date, savings of up to 37% are possible off of list prices.
Publication update (as of 11/27/07): Yes, yes; more delays! As is unfortunately a little too common with our mom 'n' pop operation, things are running just slightly behind. At this point books are in the final stages of typesetting, and we continue to receive some very welcome endorsements from those who are glad to see Dr. Senior's works back in print.
The harsh and regrettable reality is that production has gone slower than anticipated, and the books will be arriving after Christmas. We regret this tremendously and offer our sincerest apologies. For those who will experience some hardship over this, please don't hesitate to e-mail us (info[at]ihspress[dot]com) or call toll-free (877-IHS-PRES, or 877-447-7737) and give us a piece of your mind. We would be glad to make it up to you in a mutually satisfactory way. At this point we are hoping to get the books to the printer by early to mid December, which means books not long after the new year. Thank you again for your patience and your interest!
Publication update 2/7/08. Finally, light at the end of the tunnel (not an oncoming train)! We had the Death in the warehouse briefly, only to have to return it due to an unfortunate defect in the dust jacket. Thanks to this additional hurdle, both it and Restoration are now scheduled to be in our warehouse for shipping out next week (week of 2/18). We apologize - again - for the tremendous delay and can only thank you for your patience and understanding. As a thank you to all we'll be continuing the special "pre-publication" discount through the end of May, so be sure to stock up as your finances permit.
Order now, to ensure you don't miss the pre-publication price:Both titles for $29.95 - buy nowDeath for $17.95 - buy nowRestoration for $17.95 - buy now
More details will be avaliable in the near future at our new, upgraded website. Meanwhile, for more information on the books and additional details, click here to download a PDF-format postcard.
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IHS Launches its third imprint:
Light in the Darkness Publications.
Established in the middle of 2005, LID Pubs is chartered with producing works dealing with current events and other topics of immediate newsworthiness.
Kicking-off this new imprint is a two-volume anthology on the Iraq war, looking at the conflict in light of the perennial tradition of the Church's just-war doctrine, along with other legal, political, and historical considerations.
The aim of this set is three-fold: (1) to recover and re-assert the true just-war doctrine in the face of its corruption by so-called "Catholic neoconservatives" who claim a right to attack a sovereign nation that has not committed an act of aggression; (2) to expose the sadly profound immorality of our nation's treatment of Iraq in the run-up to the March 2003 invasion and during the decade preceding; and (3) to illustrate the bankruptcy of the modern political categories of "left" and "right," "Democrat" and "Republican," "Liberal" and "Conservative," by bringing together an eclectic group of pundits, journalists, historians, and other scholars in a collection that transcends the sterile boundaries of current politics and tackles issues in view of the only criteria that matter: truth or falsehood, accuracy or error, honesty or deceit. It is, of course, according to these criteria that the Church's moral and political wisdom has so much to offer, and no modern case better illustrates this fact than the war in Iraq and its implications under just-war doctrine.
To order this compelling collection, in high-quality hardcover at a discount of 20% off the retail price, click here now. For more information on this exciting series, visit www.neoconed.info.
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Support IHS. IHS Press is a not-for-profit corporation that depends in part upon help from benefactors to continue to make critical works of Catholic Social Thought widely available in quality editions, and at reasonable prices. For more information on how to help IHS Press, click here. Or click the button to contribute now; no amount is too small. ---->
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Guild theorist rediscovered.
IHS Press prints anthology of Penty's works. The Gauntlet, the title of IHS Press's first anthology of the works of Arthur J. Penty, is now available. Dealing with the importance of spiritual truth in forming an accurate understanding of economic life, and covering such subordinate topics as justice in pricing, the Guild System, the problem of Industrialism, and much more, this first-ever collection of Penty's writings will be sure to challenge and even revolutionize the socio-economic vision of all open-minded readers. more
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IHS launches a new imprint. IHS Press is pleased to announce the formation of Gates of Vienna Books, an imprint which will specialize in the re-issue of classics of Catholic history. Named after the famed victory of the Catholic West over the Turks in 1683 at Vienna, GOV Books plans to re-print the historical biographies of Hilaire Belloc, along with other works of import for a truly Catholic understanding of history. For more on this exciting new imprint, click here.
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Coming soon from IHS. The presses are rolling as fast as time, resources, and personnel will permit. Look for these and other titles that continue to lay the foundation for the rebuilding of Christendom:
The Medieval Future of A. J. Penty, by Dr. Peter Grosvenor.
The Catholic Social Movement, by Henry Somerville.
Social Justice 2009 - a weekly planner.
Distributist Perspectives, Vol. II, by various authors.
Later volumes will include additional titles by Belloc, Chesterton, McNabb, and Robbins, and new offerings by Frs. Denis Fahey, Edward Cahill, Drs. George O'Brien and Charles Devas, and many of the other Distributists and Social Catholics. |
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Write or call today for more information on IHS Press:
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IHS Press
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Norfolk, VA 23517
877-IHS-PRES (877.447.7737)
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